VC  Louisiana Fund I

http://www.louisianafund.com





     Office Locations:

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
6400 Perkins Rd
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-763-2811

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare

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    Description:

    Louisiana Fund I is an early stage venture capital fund focused on the identification of investment opportunities emanating from research universities and other organizations in the state of Louisiana. Louisiana universities spend over $500 million annually on research in the areas of interest to LFI. Joseph F. Lovett, whose prior experience in biotechnology and medical device venture capital is extensive, manages the fund. Prior to his involvement with LFI, Mr. Lovett was a founding general partner with Medical Science Partners, a fund similar to LFI, in partnership with Harvard University.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Joseph F. Lovett Managing Director
    Richard A. Babb Managing Director

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Dowley Security


      Mezzo Trchnologies


      NuPotential


      Primorigen


      Sinopsys Surgical


      Tesa Medical


     

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